My first TBBT fic, Eventual L/P, not for a while though, hope you enjoy this short first chapter!

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PS: A long grey line means that the character perspective has changed! Just for reference :3

DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING.

Penny sat alone, holding herself in a cold embrace. She couldn't comprehend what she'd just done, and more importantly, she couldn't understand why he'd taken it so well. She replayed the event in her head.

'Leonard, look, we need to talk.' Penny had said, with certain sadness in her eyes.

Leonard had immediately known the words that were to proceed from her mouth, and so he made an attempt to stop her.

'Wow, she was right all along, can't say I'm not devastated, surprised though? Nope, I should've known this was coming. He replied, although he had sounded lacklustre, he let out a small chuckle.

'Wait, what?' Penny had shouted at him, after standing from her couch with all the haste of a cheetah.

'Yea, Alex had told me that you had been acting weirdly around me, I for one thought it was because of you ya know, 'Visiting' Leonard made air quotes around the word. 'My lab, ha, guess I was wrong though, well, have a good night Penny.'

Leonard had found it incredibly hard to summon up the courage to stand up to his ex, and Penny had known that, but he had been determined not to give her the satisfaction of an emotional waterworks on his part.

'Wait, so that lowly assistant was talking to you and making you had doubts about us? Why would you even listen to her, Leonard, I thought you were better than that.' Penny had responded, as if she had become the victim of this impending break-up.

'Ohh no, you are not making me feel bad, you are the one breaking things off. You are the one that strung me along only to break my heart again, you were the one to falsely renew hope when there was none. Why didn't you just end it when you first had doubts?' Leonard rose to leave. He turned back as he stood halfway through the door. 'Oh, and I don't know if you'd noticed, Penny, but Alex is a bright young mind that has a keen knack for physics, she's not just a 'Lowly assistant', she's incredibly intelligent, has a witty humour, actually talks to me without being judgemental, acts like a real friend should, and doesn't chase a career path which really has nothing going for it for the individual, unlike you, Penny.' He turned around once more to leave, when he heard sobs coming from within Apartment 4B. He went back, against his better judgement, and walked up to Penny, taking a tissue from within his pocket and handing it to her; he sat next to her on the couch once more.

'Maybe I went a little too far; I didn't mean to make things personal and I regret it, I hope that maybe sometime, whether it be sooner or later, that we can be friends again.' Leonard sighed, almost whispering into Penny's ear.

This was the 'Old Leonard', the comforting, kind, consoling man that had stolen her heart, only for her to break it once again. Penny immediately had a rush of emotion flow within her and leaned towards Leonard.

But their lips never met, Leonard had backed away from her as soon as he saw what she was trying to do.

'No.' Leonard replied softly, with that he stood up, patted her on the shoulder, and left.

Penny sat, astounded at what had just happened, a huge role reversal had just occurred, and it felt as if he had just broken up with her, leaving her heart in bits. She crawled towards the door, collapsed alongside it, and gently stroked it with the back of her hand. She whispered Leonard's name into thin air, willing him to come back. But he never did.

Leonard had slid down against Penny's door, in a small ball. He wiped a lone tear from his eye and whispered to himself.

'She was right.'